Intellectual Property:

Open Access laid down in Dutch copyright Act

http://library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/open-access-laid-down-in-dutch-copyright-act/

No Directions for WIPO Copyright Committee Despite Positive Mood

http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/07/06/no-directions-for-wipo-copyright-committee-despite-positive-mood/

UK Intellectual Property Office Consultation on Raising Maximum Prison Sentences for Online Copyright Infringement to 10 Years

http://infojustice.org/archives/34703

Japan: land of the rising sun and the shrinking copyright?

http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/japan-land-of-rising-sun-and-shrinking.html

UK Publishers Don't See Why Anyone's Complaining About Copyright Law

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150702/22345131532/uk-publishers-dont-see-why-anyones-complaining-about-copyr

 

Traditional Knowledge:

Shared Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: National, Regional Efforts

http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/06/26/shared-genetic-resources-and-traditional-knowledge-national-regional-efforts/

 

Classification, Surveillance & Other Net Issues

SA Film & Publication Board’s Draft Online Regulation Policy –

Remarks from the Association for Progressive Communications on the Draft Online Regulation Policy of the Film and Publication Board of South Africa

https://www.apc.org/en/node/20679/

Watching the Watcher:  Recent development in privacy regulation and cyber-surveillance in South Africa

https://www.academia.edu/2292471/Watching_the_watcher_recent_developments_in_privacy_regulation_and_cyber-surveillance_in_South_Africa

ICANN's new proposal will endanger domain owners and impact those who come from marginalised communities

https://www.apc.org/en/node/20665

UN Expert urges encryption, anonymity online to preserve freedom of expression

http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/06/18/un-expert-urges-encryption-anonymity-online-to-preserve-freedom-of-expression/